Fastener for fruit-cases



E. MORRISON. FASTENER FOR FRUIT GAS-ES. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 16, 918.

1 ,359,823 Patented Nov. 23, 1920.

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' Attorney.

EDWARD MORRISON, 0F WARKWORT H, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND.

FASTENER FOR FRUIT-CASES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 23, 1920.

Application filed December 16, 1918. Serial, No. 266,987.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWAR HomusoN, a citizen of the Dominion of New Zealand, and residing at Hepburns Creek Road, arkworth, Auckland, in the Provincial District of Auckland, in the Dominion of New Zealand,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fasteners for F ruit-(Jases, of which the following is a specification.

This invention provides a fastener for cases and is more particularly applicable to cases used repeatedly for the transport of fruit, produce and the like.

The fastener is applied to a hinged lid and is made of flat steel secured to the lid, and passes through a recess in a batten fixedto the case. A hole in the fastener is adapted to engage a stud projecting from the case, and the batten prevents the fastener from being inadvertently released.

An adhesive label is aflixed over the end of the fastener, so that the case cannot be opened by an unauthorized person without detection. The label is preferably printed with the device of a trade mark.

Thedrawing herewith illustrates the invention Figure 1, is a perspective view of a case embodying the invention,

Fig. 2, is a part longitudinal sectional elevation of the case embodying the invention, and

Fig. 3, is a part front elevation of a case embodying the invention.

The fastener 1 is made of band steel and afiixed to the lid 20f a case 3 and is secured by screws or nails 4 and a batten 5 fixed to the lid and passing over the fastener.

The fastener extends down the end 6 or side of the case, and between" a batten 7' and the case,'the said batten being fixed to the case and having a recess 8 to allow the fasner o P s fastener.

A hole 9 in the fasteneris adapted to engage a stud 10 projecting from the case below the batten 7 and the end 11 of the fastener is bent slightly to afford a grip for-releasing the fastener from the stud. a

By passing the fastener through the recess 8 the certainty of the fastener being engaged by the stud 10 is assured, and the straining or deforming of the fastener is also prevented thereby.v p

i The adhesive label 12 is affixed to the end 6 and lid 2 and covers the extension of the What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1 The combination, with a case and a lid for said case, of an L-shaped fastener having.

a shank secured to said lid and the other shank adapted to lie against a wall of said case, the latter shank being provided with a hole, a batten secured to said wall, said batten having a recess allowing the latter shank to pass therethrough, and a stud on-said wall for engaging said hole.

2, The combination, With a case and a lid for said case, of battens secured to said lid and to a wall of said case respectively, an L-shaped metal piece having a shank extending between the lid and the adjacent batten and secured to said lid, and a shankadapted to lie against said wall and pass through a recess inthe batten secured to said wall, the latter shank being bent at its outer end and provided with a hole near said outer end, and

a stud on said wall below the last mentioned batten for engaging the said hole.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of K. Wnrpece. 

